The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

General Notes.

General Notes.
Monroe Telegraph: At its recent ses-
sion the police jury contracted with the
Pauly Building Company of St~Louis
for an $4,000 Jail.
The President has sent Judge Man
ning's name to the Senate for confirma-
ton of his appointment as minister to
Mexico.
Monroe Telegraph: The Democrats
OF Louisiana don't want any such mug
wumpery as the proposed alliance be-
tween Gov. Nichols and his friends and I
the Republicans
A very important convention will be
held in New Orleans, on February Sd
and 4th, 1887, composed of Superinten |
dents of public schools in the State of
Louisiana.
Gen. VIM. w. Loring, who served in
the Mexican aud Confederate wars, and
it will be remembered, went to Egypt
after the war and entered the Sbah's
service, died recently in New York.
Lake Charles Commercial Work on
| the artesian we'll Is still going on. 1t
has reached a depth of 480 feet, $50 of
which was through quick-sand and the
balance clay. Water is plentiful but
not satisfactory.
Lake Charles Echo: The "reform -
| press of the State have loaded their
mud guns and renewed the old warfare
of 1884 on the State administration. If
the "reformers don't look out they
will exhaust all their ammunition before
the hunt comes off.
The South is now filling up with
Northern settlers of the right stripe,
good substantial citizens, who are set
Ting in that region with the expecta-
ton of living and dying among their
new neighbors. This is vast i'm
who broke out of Northern jails and
/ tramped to the South with their car
pet bags for the purpose of going to
Congress with the help of the negro
vote.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Southern people do not yet real.
ize the grandeur of their country's re-
sources. Outsiders, however, are get
ting pretty good idea Of the situation
/ The New York Herald says on the sub
iect: g The South has just begun to
| lind herself out, and we have no doubt
i that when it looks itself over carefully
it will discover more good opportunities
! for business enterprises than can be ex-
hausted in a half dozen generations
The country is young yet
Memphis Appeal: So soon as rhe
| South secured home rule the people
manifested the industry aud activity
| which enabled them to prosecute the
war for four years against odds which
nothing bnt pluck and energy could
have SO long resisted. Never did a
country rise so rapidly from its ashes
as the South has risen since the South
ern States emerged from the reconstruc-
ton era, and passed under control OF
tax paying white people.
/ 1t is Noted as a remarkable fact that
since the death of Gen. Logan there are
but three prominent Union soldiers re-
naming i'm the Senate-Gen. Hawley of
Connecticut, Gen. Harrison of Indiana,
and Gen. Sewelf of New jersey, the
terms of allof whom expire on the 4th
of March, Will, the prospect that, after
that date, Gen. Hawley alone will be
left. The South on the contrary. is re-
presented in that body almost entirely
! by men who served consPicuoas!y in
. the Confederate army.
Acadia Sentinel: Our friend, Mr..
Isaac Broussard, has returned from bis
long trim of three months duration in
Northern Mississippi. lie says that
people who complain of hard times and
J, short crops here, ought to visit the sec
. ton mentioned, Nearly every one there
is fat broke. Crops almost an entire fail
ure and cash an almost unknown lux
! ury. He says that many of the farm
, ers there have to haul their cotton with
poor teams fifty miles to railroad sta
ton. During severe spell OF cold
: weather, recently, one of these poor fel-
) lows, thinly clad, stopped at y country
} store, and coming in with his clothes
frozen on him, enquired Of the crowd
J around the stove, ssif he could be al
lowed to thaw out his coat tails Y VI
course they allowed him.
N. o. Times-Democrat The Bien-
!, Vile New Era thinks the Republicans
) are sadly mistaken in their belief tlia'
there is TO be Kilkenny fight in thu
Democratic party over the Governor
) ship. All true Democrats, it says, will
: rally to the support Of the party's can.
: didate, no matter how strongly they
] oppose its nomination. 1t, however
j piyes this advice to Democrats:
n Appearances indicate that We vii
: have q large collection from which q
b select gubernatorial timber when th'
v time arrives for the nomination OF
4 Democratic candidate for that position
4 We have fine array of talent and ek
: ecutive ability from which to make tn
h selection, and hence we entertain bu
ID little fear that suitable man can D
found and nominated. Those who ar'
d not fond Of crow, however, Should o
e cautious about how they use their mu
it guns before the nomination is made.
70 saved EEis Life.
\ I, Mr.. ID. /. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave
4 KY, says he was. for many years, oau
" afflicted with Phthisic, also Dia
II betes; the pains we're almost unen unn
4. durable and would sometimes almos